Senior Infection Preventionist Nurse-Infection Control
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About the Role
Provides expert consultation in infection control, collaborates on policies, leads strategies, monitors infections, and educates staff on disaster preparedness.
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Responsibilities
- Provide consultation and expert advice in infection control practice for professional staff and support services
- Lead evidence based infection prevention and control strategies in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team
- Monitor and conduct surveillance of healthcare associated infection clinical indicators
- Develop policies and procedures promoting consistent adherence to evidence based infection control practices
- Collaborate with departments on infection control policies and communicate with DOH on reportable diseases
- Participate in quality improvement projects and educational programs
Requirements
- Advanced knowledge of infection prevention and control practices
- Experience in providing infection prevention and control consultation
- Ability to lead evidence based infection prevention and control strategies
- Knowledge of microbiological and epidemiological principles
- Experience in conducting audits and surveillance
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Role Overview
- Provides consultation and expert advice in infection control practice for professional staff, administrative, medical, clinical, patient care, and support services.
- Collaborating with all departments on departmental policies related to infection control.
- Leads evidence based infection prevention and control strategies in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team that is effective and outcomes patient outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides consultation and expert advice in infection control practice for professional staff, administrative, medical, clinical, patient care, and support services.
- Collaborating with all departments on departmental policies related to infection control.
- Advice to occupational health, laboratory staff, and the risk manager in the event of a blood borne pathogen and body fluid exposure incident or any other Infection Prevention and Control issue.
- Leads evidence based infection prevention and control strategies in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team that is effective and outcomes patient outcomes.
- Ensures self accessible for infection prevention and control consultation in all phases of the change process.
- Demonstrates knowledge of microbiological and epidemiological principles and isolation precautions when addressing the purchase of resources (e.g., personal protective equipment).
- Communicates with DOH on reportable infectious diseases, endemic and epidemic situations in the community.
- Monitor the use of antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgical site infection.
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge re: Agents used in a biological attack.
- Provides infectious disease disaster plan education and training to the staff.
- Identifies staff roles and in the implementation of disaster preparedness and biological response and the threat of a bio hazard attack.
- Develops and recommend strategies for handling potentially contagious individuals and implementing environmental controls to prevent or limit the emergence or spread of communicable diseases.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Guides and should have a thorough understanding of standard practice that cannot be achieved during a disaster (when resources may be limited).
- Prepares policies and procedures which promote consistent adherence to evidence based infection control practices which minimize transmission of pandemic infection diseases.
- Liaises effectively with other health care providers both internal and external to the organization.
- Provides infection prevention and control reports and surveillance monitoring in a timely manner (i.e., monthly).
- Liaises closely with medical and nursing staff in ensuring that all notifiable diseases are reported to DOH.
- Develops an effective mechanism for communication of infection prevention and control information from patient care areas with feedback of analyzed information.
- Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team by providing effective communication and timely feedback in improving quality and patient safety.
- Initiates and/or participates in quality improvement projects.
- Undertakes patient and environmental risk assessments and documents corrective action to improve patient outcomes as required.
- Participates in ongoing educational and research programs within the organization.
- Monitors and continuous surveillance of identified healthcare associated infection clinical indicators, pertinent to the facility s needs, using this data to prioritize the infection prevention and control program. Reviewing such indicators periodically for continuation, potentially adding or subtra
- Performs infection prevention and control audits and review as required to minimize risk and improve safety of patients, visitors or health care workers.
Additional Skills
- Demonstrates knowledge of current infection prevention and control strategies and organizational policies.
- Investigates and studies trends in infection prevention and control practices, recommending changes or adjustments in existing practice for performance improvement.
- Participates in product evaluation and cost containment projects as indicated.
Accountabilities
- Manages activities for early detection of an infectious disease disaster through active or passive surveillance.
- Initiates and executes environmental decontamination after a bioterrorism attack.
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